George Coulam is the founder of the Texas Renaissance Festival, and it was his vision and creativity that brought this magical place into existence.<3

This wonderful time of the year all started back in 1974 when the Texas RenFaire was launched on 15 acres of land from an old strip mining site, just 50 miles northwest of Houston, Texas. This was after Coulams’ previous unsuccessful attempts in places like Utah and Minnesota. (Thank you Texas!)

Inspired by the likes of Walt Disney himself, Coulam was determined to create a magical place where people could let loose and be themselves, as if it were more than 5 centuries earlier. 🙂 From this idea Coulam was determined to recreate a 16th century English township, and over time his vision came to fruition!

Today, the Texas Renaissance Festivals greets more than half a million guests annually and covers about 55 acres of land overall in Todd Mission, Texas. More than 400 shops and vendors station themselves in the New Market Village, as guests seek to escape reality and enter a place where Kings and Queens, Lords and Ladies, knights, nobles, musicians, artisans and merchants are the norm!

It’s really such a blast. Plus, we will be among the shops there featuring our exquisite tartan kilts for our fellow Scottish lads! 🙂